Social and cultural capital's effect on lifestyle of elderly women covered by the state Welfare Organization (case study: Golestan province)

Subject Areas : Journal of Iranian Social Development Studies

rahmatollah  amirahmadi ¹ (department of sociology,islamic azad university.azadshahar.iran)
Tahereh  jabbary ² (department of sociology,islamic azad university.azadshahar.iran)
Gholamreza  Khoshfar ³ (Social sciences faculty, Humanities, Golestan University, Gorgan, IRAN.)

Received: 2020-11-09 Accepted : 2020-12-26 Published : 2007-12-22

Keywords: social -cultural capital, Lifestyle, elderly women,

Abstract :

The main purpose of this study is to identify the impact of social and cultural capital on the lifestyle of elderly women. The research method is survey in terms of nature) Survey Research (and it was in the period of 1398-1399 which has been implemented in Golestan province. The statistical sampling is , 183 samples were selected by stratified random sampling method. To assess lifestyle, Miller and Smith’s lifestyle questionnaires were used. And to measure social and cultural capital, the questions of previous research questionnaires in this field were used, the validity and reliability of which were confirmed. Pearson correlation coefficient and multivariate regression tests were used to analyze the data.Research findings show that there is a positive relationship between social and cultural capital and the lifestyle of elderly women. In the equation of regression analysis, analysis of variance is calculated for social asset , the value of F is equal to 14.671 and the significance of F (Sig = 0.000) and for cultural capital (the value of F is equal to 1.294 and the significance of F (Sig = 0.278).) which shows the lifestyle with dimensions Social capital (social trust, interpersonal trust, institutional trust, formal and informal participation and social interaction) and the dimensions of cultural capital (cultural consumption, number of books, number of works of art, foreign language, media consumption) have a direct linear relationship and the need for managerial and educational measures to promote cultural asset to achieve the desired lifestyle is suggested.